Totally get your point about comfort over resale, but I've also seen folks overspend on upgrades that didn't pay off later. Curious—anyone had experie...

Same here, reclaimed bricks were our thing. Thought we'd hit the jackpot with some gorgeous old bricks from a demolished factory—until we realized nea...

We had a similar experience, actually. When we built our place, the builder's lender seemed like the easy choice—everything was streamlined, paperwork...

One thing that really helped me was moving my cutting boards to a vertical rack inside a cabinet door. Before, they were stacked flat and I'd always h...